®

GROWING ECONOMY

COMPETITIVE TAX STRUCTURE

in the United States formanufacturing jobs creations (National Association of Manufacturers)

MICHIGANRANKED 1#

for states that recovered most from the Great Recession (24/7 Wall Street, 2013)

MICHIGANRANKED 1#

Michigan is more business-friendly than ever and this is an opportune time to invest in a state that is reinventing ways to help companies grow their business.

6th highest economic growth rate in the United States and has reduced business costs by 83%

(U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2012)2

RESOURCES FOR BUSINESS

WORLD-CLASS TALENT

Michigan has more t han 15,000 sites available today for industrial,

office and retail use6

43rd most business-friendly tax

ranking among the nation’s12 largest states

(Tax Foundation, 2013)

annually in incentives and assistance along with another $100 million for loan support to small and mid-sized businesses MILLION

$170

the total Chinese investmentin Michigan by year-end 2012

BILLIONDOLLARS

one

Should do business10 REASONS CHINESE COMPANIES

IN MICHIGAN

CHINESE INVESTMENTS

10100 - number of Chinesecompanies of significant

scale investing and creating jobs in Michigan

Visit michiganbusiness.org for more reasons why your company would bene�t from doing business in Michigan

®

8Michigan’s high-tech workforce is the 4th largest in the

United States with more than 87,000 engineers and 70,000 research and development professionals

(Michigan Economic Development Corporation)

Corporate Income Tax is among the lowest in the United States

FLAT6%